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Subject: Re: Standard Naming of Unmoves?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:39:52 09/17/99

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On September 17, 1999 at 13:16:37, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 17, 1999 at 03:06:15, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>[snip]
>>I want to represent possible unmoves to allow backpropagation of scores from a
>>position to all of its previously visited predecessors.  I want to avoid the
>>recomputation of possible unmoves at each node visit, and I would like to
>>associate other data with each such connecting edge.
>>
>>It would be possible for me to invent some notation for my own use easily
>>enough; I thought there might be a few other people with a desire for a standard
>>unmove notation.
>Why not just use ordinary PGN put a minus sign in the front?  Pawn captures
>might be a bit funny, and the opposite of a4 would be -a3, but it seems like it
>would work.
For "untake" why not use a division sign instead of an x?
;-)
You could also use the promotion description if the piece returned to the board
is ambiguous:
E.g.: -Q/a3=B (queen goes back to a3, returning the captured bishop to the
current square.)



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